Wow, so it looks like at least some of the ATMs at the Bank of America are dumb. You know, those kind that give you your money before your card. Talked to the bank on Friday at lunch, it turns out that’s exactly what happened to me. I took out money on Tuesday night, and walked away from the machine without my card. It was sucked back in, and automatically devalidated it.
They’ll be mailing me a new card within 5-7 business days. Bank of America’s bank cards have the owner’s picture on them. They still have my picture on file, so that was nice. They gave me a temp ATM card for the time being. One thing that took me by surprise is that the Bank of America rep who gave me the temp card said he thinks they’re one of the only banks that have the ability to give out temp cards.
On one hand, American banks are way ahead of Canadian banks (customer service). On the other hand, Canadian banks are way ahead of American ones (technology). The rep who was gave me the temp ATM card asked me if I’d tried the new “free online banking” yet. Free?! I told him, quite plainly, it was the only way to go.
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Guilty Pleasures
I found myself madly singing along with this tune in the car today. Crank it up, it does very nicely at high volume. DJ Sammy did a great job with this remake: even though now it’s completely epic, it’s still pretty faithful to Don Henly’s original work. -
On waking too early, kicking ass, and losing important bits of plastic
I must get this down on er, paper, before it zips away. It’ll be short though, I should have been in bed 30 mins ago:
(1) God damn, it seems early for my alarm to be going off. Where’s that’s snooze button? Ah, that’s it. Wait a second, I could have sworn I just hit the snooze button. I did hit the snooze button. How come I still hear the alarm? Damn buttons. This isn’t working. Cord traced to wall, unplugged. The alarm is there still. And damn, it’s loud. It’s coming from the living room. Uh oh, it’s the fire detector. Did I leave something on? A stove element? None that I can see. Fanned the alarm madly. That’s not helping. Press the button. Nothing. Cover up the hole where the sound comes out — that helps my ears a lot. But wait a sec — I can hear other alarms? What the…? Shirt, jeans, sandals, door. And lots of people on the open-air walkways between apartments. Me: you too? Them: yeah. Me: what time is it? Them: 3:00 A.M.
I dub this the Town & Country Apartment “Get the fuck out of your apartment and socialize” event. The alarm went on for a full TWENTY MINUTES before the fire dept. arrived to shut off the alarm. I introduced myself to Benny, one floor up and one apartment over, while I was waiting. I would have thought a building with a strobe light on it and an alarm going off in 50 apartments at once would have at least been cause for an automatic dial to the fire department, but apparently not. Nope. Someone on the floor below me had to call it in on their cell phone.
(2) Work: I had my first presentation at work today, and it was a total success! only 1/2 an hour long, plus q&a. I was debriefing key individuals about the release of a new version of our software, version 6.0.3. Grace and Jane were there from Marketing and User Education, respectively, and Joanie and Chip were there from Customer Technical Support. I gave them a demonstration of the installation of the product, a walkthrough of the new features for the product, and a listing of the caveats. I made a little documentation package and burned CDs for everyone who showed up, too. And I offered them coffee when they sat down. I think they liked that part. 🙂
(3) And finally — I’ve misplaced my bank of america bank card! I sure hope it turns up soon, i can only go so long on this $500 Target “Guest” card.